TY - JOUR
T1 - Subtemporal decompression
T2 - Radiological observations and Current surgical experience
AU - Alexander, Eben
AU - Ball, Marshall R.
AU - Laster, D. Wayne
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - Subtemporal decompression, although seldom used today for the management of hydrocephalus, pseudotumour cerebri, or premature closure of cranial sutures, is still used in many centres to alleviate intracranial hypertension caused by tumour, trauma, or severe intracranial haemorrhage. The charts of 50 patients undergoing subtemporal decompression for either severe head trauma or severe intracranial haemorrhage were reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative computed axial tomographic scans were available in 15 patients for analysis of the effects of decompression on the underlying temporal lobe. Calculation of the additional space provided by subtemporal decompression ranged from 26 to 33 cm3.
AB - Subtemporal decompression, although seldom used today for the management of hydrocephalus, pseudotumour cerebri, or premature closure of cranial sutures, is still used in many centres to alleviate intracranial hypertension caused by tumour, trauma, or severe intracranial haemorrhage. The charts of 50 patients undergoing subtemporal decompression for either severe head trauma or severe intracranial haemorrhage were reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative computed axial tomographic scans were available in 15 patients for analysis of the effects of decompression on the underlying temporal lobe. Calculation of the additional space provided by subtemporal decompression ranged from 26 to 33 cm3.
KW - Intracranial haemorrhage
KW - Intracranial trauma
KW - Subtemporal decompression
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U2 - 10.3109/02688698708999632
DO - 10.3109/02688698708999632
M3 - Article
C2 - 3268139
AN - SCOPUS:0023605351
VL - 1
SP - 427
EP - 433
JO - British Journal of Neurosurgery
JF - British Journal of Neurosurgery
SN - 0268-8697
IS - 4
ER -